Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Mahendra Dani <danimahendra0904@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> test -e does not provide a nice error message when >> we hit test failures, so use test_path_exists() instead >> and verify that if the path exists then it is a file using test_path_is_file(). >> >> Signed-off-by: Mahendra Dani <danimahendra0904@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> t/t1403-show-ref.sh | 3 ++- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh >> index 9d698b3cc3..4afde01a29 100755 >> --- a/t/t1403-show-ref.sh >> +++ b/t/t1403-show-ref.sh >> @@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ test_expect_success 'show-ref --verify with dangling ref' ' >> >> remove_object() { >> file=$(sha1_file "$*") && >> - test -e "$file" && >> + test_path_exists "$file" && >> + test_path_is_file "$file" && >> rm -f "$file" >> } && > > Makes sense. Will queue. No, no, no. test_is_file alone is sufficient---if the thing does not exist, it would not be a file anyway ;-)